[Florence Nightingale at Scutari, 1854, 1]

[Florence Nightingale at Scutari, 1854, 1]

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):
Zwerdling, Michael, former owner
British Red Cross Society. Scottish Branch, publisher.
Publication:
Glasgow : Scottish Branch of the British Red Cross Society, [between 1900 and 1950]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Nurses
Crimean War
Hospitals, Military -- history
Military Nursing -- history
Turkey
Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910.
Genre(s):
Postcard
Abstract:
Postcard featuring a color reproduction of "The mission of mercy: Florence Nightingale receiving the wounded at Scutari" painted by Jerry Barrett in 1857. In the scene, Florence Nightingale is receiving the sick and wounded at the Barracks Hospital in Scutari after the Battle of Inkermann in 1854. One soldier is on the ground and a woman is handing him a drink, surrounded by other wounded soldiers, some natives and some women. Nightingale is standing immediately beneath the window.
Copyright:
Copyright status must be investigated before publishing or commercial use.
Extent:
1 postcard : 9 x 14 cm
Provenance:
Purchase; Michael Zwerdling; 2004; 04-22.
Technique:
color
NLM Unique ID:
101623533 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
D04666
OCLC no.:
871617481
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101623533